Ok, I've been bullied into posting something else... it's fair to say my heart's not in it, but I'll give it my best shot. The problem is is that a travel blog is essentially for recording things you find amazing/think will be amazing to others. So I think the reason I've had nothing to write over the past few months is that I've just stopped finding things amazing. I've started eating makerel in a can with tomato sauce and being overly direct with people... I think I'm becoming Norwegian! Well I couldn't beat them, so...

In all honesty I've still not got used to expecting nothing of my pupils and to them fulfilling my every (lack) of expectation - I still tut when I see one kid passed out in the back while the others spend the whole lesson on Facebook, but I've given up hope of changing them. Kind of sad, more for them than for me, but true.

I still really love teaching and staying in Norway, and I have been overjoyed at the arrival of Spring, but I just feel like I've stopped learning things. I think I've just got into a routine. It's the same priniciple as if I had blogged about my everyday life as a student in Durham - I would've thought everyone else would be finding it as about as interesting as I was. So it'll soon be time to head on home I think! And stop this blogging malarky.

Just for now, a little word about the Norwegian exam system. Today, the students found out which subjects they will have to take an exam in. YES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AN EXAM IN EVERY SUBJECT. They just had a lottery and let fate decide... Of course. So instead of the 11 exams I had for A-Levels, they have two. Or maybe three if they're really unlucky. But then again, they have been getting pissed everyday for the last month (see earlier post about Russ), so I guess two is all they can manage! In the subjects they don't take an exam in, they just get the mark their teacher gives them for the year. Strange but true!

So Sunday is the 17th May i.e. Norwegian National Day, so you can expect a reportage from there...